Customer Planning Manager

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

• Salary Range: $86,200 - $112,100
• Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Paid Time Off
• 401k & Company Match

This position is responsible for regional customers in the Chicagoland area, Milwaukee, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio markets. Preference is to be located in the Chicagoland Area but acceptable to be within the geography of responsibility.

The Customer Planning Manager is responsible for strategic and trade planning, financial, and quantitative analysis. They will be responsible for working with the customer executives to create a customer sales plan that builds value-driven relationships with key customers.

• Development of Trimester Trade Calendar in collaboration with the Customer Leads.
• Conducts all quantitative pre and post promotion performance analysis.
• Utilize trade management tools including but not limited to:
  Navigator/O9, Margin Miner, QLIK and syndicated data (Circana) to understand Customer performance.
• Gain alignment on all forecasts with Customer Executives and accurately input into our forecasting tool (Navigator/O9).
• Work with Customer Executives and Order Specialists on a weekly basis to plan volume orders for key events.
• Ensure weekly calendars are accurate and communicated accordingly.
• Responsible for review and approval of customer pricing via Central Pricing.
• Continuously adjust Navigator/O9 plans, driven by customer, Customer Executive, trends, forecast accuracy, strategy/guardrail change and/or course correction.
• Annual planning for assigned customers through Navigator/O9.
• Development of executive level Power Point Presentations and presenting performance and trade plans in review meetings.
• Effective management of Trade Spend metrics (Trade/Unit and Trade Rate) and management of ROI.

• Ability to achieve specific objectives/outcomes and set/meet key initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate with internal co-workers to fulfill deliverables/commitments.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Self-Starter / Work in a proactive and aggressive manner (Empowered to Make Decisions).

• Adapts approach and attitude in real time, according to the changing demands of different situations.
• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometime contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Finance, Marketing or Business-related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.

• Minimum of 5 years in either Sales Management, Customer Accounts, Price Management, Trade Planning, Revenue Growth Management or other relevant experience.
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate a passion to achieve results and work well with others in cross-functional teams against team-oriented goals.
• Computer skills and high proficiency in Excel with proficiency in Power point and Word is required; proficiency with Margin Miner, Navigator/O9 or other Trade Planning Management tools is a plus
• Knowledge of syndicated data like Circana and the ability to analyze data and trends is a plus
• Travel is required – 10% or less.

The physical and mental demands…